Hi there, May I ask if anyone thinks this is a good idea? Currently, there are only two real places where you can sell your website.... here (which requires a lot of posts/reputation etc) and sitepoint (who charge an arm and a leg) eBay, is the only real alternative, but that is full of spam ads, and doesnt really attract any serious sellers. If anyone could advise me on this subject, I would be very happy. Also, if anyone want to help me out, and have a share in the business or whatever, then please let me know. Thanks for reading.
I don't think that SitePoint is so expensive. The fees are keeping their marketplace clean, only serious sellers or buyers are there. Very good deterrent against spammers and scammers About the website. Of course, there is enough space for some website marketplace or auction. However, it won't be as easy as you think. What will you do to make people know about your website? How will you persuade them to register and sell/buy stuff on your website and not on some older, reputable one? Are you sure you can build elegant, accessible and secure website that would be worth registering at? How are you going to advertise? You see, there are lots of questions you should ask yourself before starting the project. Are you hardworking enough and patient to make it a success? How much time can you dedicate to it? Do you have a team of developers/designers or are you going to do everything on your own (design, development, SEO, advertising, maintainance)? If you think you can do it, go for it. However, don't be surprised if it won't be successful... It is not easy to create a successful website these days, when Web is full of competition. Your site should be original, creative and beautiful in order to gain regular visitors.
you can only sell sites worth of $100, 000 or more there in sitepoint, i don't see such high sale in dp here.
That's a good think, imo. No serious businessman is interested in some landing page or some proxy or whatever. Most people that buy websites are looking for older, established sites with lots of good content and with good traffic. And those are usually much more expensive than $100.